Cost of Living inOklahoma City, OK, United States
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). United States: $75,489/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 29% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
6.7 / 10
#22 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-school quality, expat access, instruction language, and homeschool legality for relocating families.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for United States; Oklahoma City, OK-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Mixed public-school option
Expat access
Available to residents
conditionalInstruction
English
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
Qualitative only
Using curated quality notes for now.
Why this quality rating
The United States has many excellent public schools, but quality varies sharply by district and neighborhood.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident families can use local public schools, but school quality depends heavily on district assignment and housing location.
🗺️ Homeschooling
Varies by stateHomeschooling is legal in all 50 US states but regulations vary dramatically. Some states (TX, AK, ID) have minimal oversight; others (NY, PA, MA) require notification, testing, and curriculum approval. Most worldschooling families establish residency in low-regulation states.
Homeschool legality in United States — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Childcare & Domestic Help
Estimate-only country fallback for the family-support costs we track in United States.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$2,200-$5,700
Estimate-only country fallback
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$2,750-$6,600
Estimate-only country fallback
Source: curated family relocation research(derived country fallback)
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Oklahoma City, OK is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in United States.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
StrongHigh national coverage, strong doctor availability, and deep nursing capacity support this rating.
Public care
GoodBroad public coverage, relatively low patient cost-sharing, and country-level outcomes are comparatively strong support this rating.
Private care
GoodA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network and a clearly private facility base help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
88/100
2023
Physicians
3.68/1k
2022
Hospital beds
2.68/1k
2022
Out of pocket
11%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
78.9 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
17/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
3.7/1k
2024
International patient readiness
GoodA visible private hospital base and multiple facilities have websites help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedMultiple facilities have crawlable websites help, but published self-pay prices are scarce.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in United States yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Information & Technology | $152,900/yr |
| Finance & Insurance | $122,086/yr |
| Professional & Scientific Services | $117,890/yr |
| Utilities | $113,776/yr |
| Manufacturing | $99,583/yr |
| Transport & Logistics | $93,811/yr |
| Mining & Quarrying | $92,079/yr |
| Healthcare & Social Work | $77,691/yr |
| Real Estate | $76,765/yr |
| Other Services | $75,746/yr |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | $73,550/yr |
| Education | $73,513/yr |
| Construction | $70,817/yr |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | $70,234/yr |
| Administrative & Support Services | $64,953/yr |
| Agriculture & Farming | $48,768/yr |
| Hospitality & Food Service | $38,494/yr |
2025 annual wages in Oklahoma City, OK, United States · Source: BLS OEWS (MSA-adjusted)
Price Comparison vs. US
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How far does your money go in Oklahoma City compared with the US?
Your money goes about 1.3x further in Oklahoma City than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Oklahoma City cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Oklahoma City is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 29% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Oklahoma City.
How does rent in Oklahoma City compare with New York City?
Rent in Oklahoma City is about 73% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Oklahoma City?
Groceries in Oklahoma City are about 24% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 23% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City is the capital of Oklahoma and the largest city in the state, sprawling across more than 1,600 square kilometers of the southern Great Plains in the United States, which makes it geographically larger than Los Angeles though far less dense. The economy combines energy with Devon and Chesapeake headquartered downtown, federal facilities including Tinker Air Force Base, and a long-standing aviation maintenance cluster. Relocators get genuinely cheap housing by US standards, no state income tax-equivalent burdens compared to coastal cities, and a revitalized downtown around Bricktown, but should weigh that a car is non-negotiable, the city sits in the heart of Tornado Alley with active spring storm seasons, and summers regularly cross 38 Celsius.
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